Explore the Cold War period, one of the most significant and tense times in modern history. Unlike traditional wars fought ...

A s the world holds its breath over the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other current affairs, comparisons are inevitably ...

No sooner had World War II ended, then another conflict began. This was the Cold War – an ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union and its allies that would last roughly ...

And so the second half of the Cold War is then marked by this period of nuclear arsenals getting smaller, of arms control. And that was the world that we were in for about 20 years after the end ...

In an account that reads more like a spy thriller than a political history, British author Charlie English recounts the story ...

Three days later, the attack began, marking, Mr. Sciutto writes, “the cleanest break between the post-Cold War period and the new world disorder.” Grab a Copy The Return of Great Powers ...

The post-Cold War order ultimately proved disastrous for American ... s archaic constitutional institutions could allow right-wing populism to instantiate minority rule over an extended period.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to nuclear expert James Acton from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the dangers of what is being called the new nuclear age.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to nuclear expert James Acton from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the dangers of what is being called the new nuclear age.